odel line-up that includes the stylish Focus Trend and Titanium, sporty Focus ST-Line, and the upscale Focus Vignale. The first Focus Active crossover will be available later this year. The all-new Ford Focus has been awarded the maximum 5-star safety rating by independent crash test authority Euro NCAP – one of the first vehicles to be awarded the highest rating under new, more stringent Euro NCAP testing protocols. The all-new Ford Focus is m...

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er annum. On November 19, XPeng brought all its products to the 19th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition (Auto Guangzhou 2021). On the same day, XPeng unveiled the new G9 flagship smart SUV for global markets. The G9 is designed for international and Chinese markets, compliant with the C-NCAP and E-NCAP 5-star safety design standards, and the stringent EU WVTA vehicle certification standards. The G9 meets the requirements for EU 3R cer...

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ncy of less than 2 liters per 100 km. The Yuan is produced at BYD's Changsha plant. On March 8, BYD announced that the ATTO 3, its first passenger vehicle for the UK, has been officially put on sale. Positioned as a battery electric SUV and based on BYD’s ePlatform 3.0, the vehicle meets the Euro NCAP Five-Star Safety Certification. On April 10, BYD unveiled the DiSus (yunnian in Chinese) full-stack in-house developed intelligent body control s...

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Hyundai Motors India Venue and Venue N Line score 5-star rating at Bharat NCAP On March 30, 2026, Hyundai Motor India announced that its all-new Venue and Venue N Line received a 5-star safety rating under the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (BNCAP), with an Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) score of 31.147. Built on the Global K1 enhanced platform with 71% use of hot stamping, ultra-high strength, advanced high strength and high strength stee...

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three versions: Extreme, Ultra, and Sport, with some trims sold out in several launch markets. On April 6, Fisker Inc. announced that it has completed testing and met all applicable US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for the Fisker Ocean SUV. It also meets New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) standards for a 5-star rating. Fisker expects full European regulatory approval by the end of April, with customer deliveries to follow. In the ...

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w? A2. Especially in the area of road safety—the big focus is on delivering safety related traffic information to vehicles. In Europe in particular, regulators are looking at a defined set of eight categories of safety relevant information*, and these categories have now been integrated into Euro NCAP’s vehicle testing and rating procedures. With the launch of the 2026 Euro NCAP test program, we’re seeing the first strong push to ensure tha...

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for the E 220 d. On July 05, India’s largest luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz India launches the new GLA. Powered by a 2,143 cc inline engine, it delivers an output of 125 kW and a torque of 350 Nm. The engine is mated to a 7G Dual Clutch Transmission. The GLA achieved the maximum 5 stars in Euro NCAP's safety ratings. All the four variants of the GLA will be locally produced at production facility in Chakan, Pune. On January 19, Mercedes-Benz ...

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30 km (WLTP) range. Charging supports 7 kW AC and up to 100 kW DC (10–80% in around 29 minutes), along with V2L capability. It features a rear multilink suspension and a 4.7-meter turning radius, with dimensions (LWH) of 4,003x 1,781x 1,557 mm and a 2,615 mm wheelbase. The model meets five-star C-NCAP and Euro NCAP standards, with over 30 active safety and driver assistance features as standard. (From firefly press release and Thonburi BlueSky ...

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h CATL lithium-ion battery, delivering 407 hp (300 kW) and 500 Nm of torque to the rear wheels. The system supports up to 875 V and 396 kW charging, providing around 600 km of range in 15 minutes and a total NEDC range exceeding 860 km. The MG IM5 has received 5-star ratings from Euro NCAP and the China EV Fire Safety Index. Its battery passed the Needle Puncture Test, includes a rapid-cooling system (–15 °C in 30 s), and is ...

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since 2001. The engine plant, opened in 2014, has an annual production capacity of 210,000 engines. On September 20, Ford announced that its compact Ka model, built in Camacari, Brazil, achieved three-star rating in adult occupant protection and four stars in child occupant protection in new Latin NCAP crash tests. The results show improvement compared to the tests performed in 2017, when the company introduced more stringent criteria for car as...

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ld road conditions from ADAS cameras, to catch distraction that cabin-only systems may miss and recognize when the driver is already aware. The result is fewer false alerts, more precise interventions, and for higher levels of autonomy in eyes-off systems.  The platform is intended to support Euro NCAP 2026 scoring requirements, as well as the potential evolution of the Euro NCAP 2029 protocol. (Mobileye release on March 23, 2026)...

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d 360-degree camera. Premium adds leather-style upholstery, ventilated and massaging front seats, 12-speaker Bose audio system and wireless charging. The 4.98-meter SUV offers three rows of seating. With the third row folded, boot capacity reaches 1,026 liters. The MG S9 PHEV holds a five-star Euro NCAP rating and includes up to 16 ADAS features. The model is already available to order from OTR prices of GBP 34,205 for the Comfort trim level and ...

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ing and new models into its three major brands Geely Quanqiuying, Yunglun and Dihao, under the parent brand Geely. Geely will build an automotive safety technology laboratory investing 300 million yuan in three phases. The first phase to build the capacity to conduct the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) for China and Europe has been finished. The second phase will be for developing capabilities of rollover tests and simulation of all kinds of tr...

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engine named "ƒÁ" (delivering maximum power of 90kW and the maximum torque of 155Nm) combined with a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automatic transmission, or a 2,0-liter engine (114.7kW/194Nm) connected to a 4-speed automatic transmission. It is compliant with the Euro4 emission standard and the C-NCAP, China's safety standard against car crash and fitted with a smart key system. Retail price of the six models will vary from 98,800 to 139,800 yu...

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anced intelligent driving solution composed of an Nvidia high-computing-power chip. On March 8, BYD announced that the ATTO 3, its first passenger vehicle for the UK, has been officially put on sale. Positioned as a battery electric SUV and based on BYD’s ePlatform 3.0, the vehicle meets the Euro NCAP Five-Star Safety Certification. On April 18, BYD started accepting pre-orders for the new Haiou small battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the Auto ...

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CAERI launches ASEAN NCAP-IVASA system framework with ASEAN NCAP On March 12, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. (CAERI) launched the ASEAN NCAP-IVASA (Intelligent Vehicle Advanced Safety Assessment) system framework with ASEAN NCAP. The system framework assesses new vehicles equipped with intelligent features in the ASEAN market by developing typical assessment scenarios in line with ASEAN’s traffic characteristics and c...

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Green NCAP partners with CharIN, Germany to improve EV charging compatibility On March 12, Green NCAP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN) on improving electric vehicle (EV) charging compatibility and transparency. Under the agreement, Green NCAP plans to include CharIN’s conformance testing in its vehicle assessments. This will allow Green NCAP to further evaluate EVs on interoperability perfor...

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March 25 the Hongqi H6 with a 1.8-liter turbo engine. The car delivers the maximum power of 138 kw and the maximum torque of 260 Nm. It offers a spacious interior on a long 2,970 mm wheelbase. It employs high-tensile materials for the body and advanced hot press molding technology, meeting the Euro NCAP safety standards. It is priced at CNY 249,800 or CNY 279,800. The Hongqi H7 with a 1.8-liter turbocharged engine rolled off the production line a...

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charge in around 26 minutes and a WLTP range of 446 km. Currently, only the Lux variant is available for the CKD model, featuring ventilated and powered front seats, a hands-free power tailgate, and MG’s ADAS 2.5 driver assistance system. The model has received five-star safety ratings from Euro NCAP and ASEAN NCAP, while final pricing and full specifications will be announced later.  (From MG Motor Malaysia social media updates and an articl...

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. It gets its power from a 2.0-liter engine mated either to a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic transmission with a manual mode. While 2.3-liter engine is combined with a six-speed automatic transmission with a manual mode. To achieve the five-star of the China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP), the automatic transmission model has Bosch's ninth generation ABS/EPS system as standard. It features the D-Partner vehicle-to-vehicle communic...

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